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Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced on Sunday (September 7, 2025) he will step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election. Mr. Ishiba, who took office in October, had resisted demands from mostly right-wing opponents within his own party for more than a month,…
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, arrives for a campaign for the upcoming general election in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday (October 26, 2024). | Photo Credit: Reuters Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s conservative ruling party braced for a blow to its comfortable majority in the lower house of Parliament in…
Party members take part in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election in the city of Nagoya, Aichi prefectural on September 27, 2024. Japan’s ruling party will choose the nation’s leader in a vote on September 27, with three frontrunners: the surfing son of a former Prime Minister, a veteran defence geek and an…
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. | Photo Credit: AP Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was grilled by lawmakers on March 13 about a gathering of ruling party members at which scantily clad female dancers were reportedly told to use their mouths to receive cash tips. Footage leaked from the event in November organised by a…